A book about a high school girl growing up in a rough sort of refinery town on the Gulf coast of Texas. The girl, Mercy Louis, is a star basketball player that sort of provides cover for the other areas of life where she is struggling. She is being raised by her grandmother--who is a sort of religious freak type--world ending in months kind of way. Mercy's best friend is a loose cannon sort of girl with her own struggles. In the background is the other main focus of the book, the girls team manager a shadow of a person Illa. I wasn't so sure about this book when I started but it did manage to come together in ways at the end. Book at least makes you think about things & story kept things moving.
I have it posted on PBS already, it is the only copy in system so maybe it will get requested at some point.
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